I'm not convinced by your example, either ;-) Let's take your example: ("some text") "cib" will leave you with: () no matter where your cursor is (inside t

I'm not convinced by your example, either ;-) Let's take your example: ("some text") "cib" will leave you with: () no matter where your cursor is (inside the parentheses), and no matter how many words are there. No visual feedback is needed, since you know what the command is going to do. Can your C-w do the same? I don't think so. This is much ado about nothing, however. Plugins to get Vim-like commands in IDEs do exist. So what? The power of advanced text editors comes from this: they don't do too much, and talk to other tools, and you can compose them in a modular way. Talk about knowledge reuse. IDEs are monoliths, and refuse to talk to outside world... the opposite of modular design. Isn't that ironic? Where is your IDE when you need to edit a blog post? Or when you need to do a big text munging? Your editor will be with you wherever there is text.